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The latest National Skills Commission’s Internet Vacancy Index has been released, with online job ads rising 1.2% in June to 303,400 – a sixth consecutive monthly increase – to stand at their highest level since April 2008:
The next chart shows that job ads have rebounded strongly since hitting record lows in May 2020 with the initial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic:
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The next table tracks jobs ads at the state level, and shows that vacancies have risen strongly across all jurisdictions over the past year and since the pandemic began:
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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness.
Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.
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